[markpowell]

Has anyone else started thinking about Xmas marketing yet,  "Xmas Bookings now been taken" etc on leaflets and monthly books etc. If not when will you make a start?
Noticed the supermarkets are now stocking up
We are only 14 weeks away now
Mark

[Steve. Taylor]

Mark i was just thinking the same thing a couple of hours ago. As jan & feb are poor months for me was thinking about a present with a difference idea BUY SOME ONE A CARPET CLEAN GIFT CARD
For jan or feb & get the second room half price or something along those lines

[Mike Halliday]

no need to market for xmas we will be snowed under without any effort. what we should be marketing for is the winter slowdown.

from mid November I will be pushing for booking in jan & feb. Anyone now showing an interest if further work ( yesterday I was asked "how much would my suite cost?" ) so I told them straight..... if they are willing to wait until jan or feb they will get their living room cleaned again free of charge.

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

Just totted up my figures for the year so far, believing that January was the worst month, bearing in mind the snow - but turns out that Feb and March were the worst.

Agree with Mark, now is the time to start working your database or looking for commercial work for the new year.

[Deep Cleaning Solutions]

"no need to market for xmas we will be snowed under without any effort"
When does it start getting busy in the lead up to xmas,are we talking a few days before or a few weeks before.

[gr cleaning solutions]

Ive got 2 jobs booked for xmas up to now also priced up a lot off carpet cleans for customers off the window cleaning side off the business just need them to book them in  hopefully.Ive put an add in the parish news and there no other carpet cleaner in there so finger cross that could bring some calls in also got some new postcard size leaflets made up thinking off giving them out at the school when i pick my kids up maybe do that in a few weeks.Also ill be updating my facebook daily.
Last year was my first xmas carpet cleaning and never really pushed it this year I'm really going for it

  Gavin

[Colin Day]

Mark i was just thinking the same thing a couple of hours ago. As jan & feb are poor months for me was thinking about a present with a difference idea BUY SOME ONE A CARPET CLEAN GIFT CARD
For jan or feb & get the second room half price or something along those lines

I have been asked twice this week if I do Gift Cards for Oven Cleaning.....

I wonder how many of you out there have had success with this approach?

[Mike Halliday]

Keyplan I find a slight lull the begining of Oct due to people perhaps thinking......' I 'll leave it until closer to xmas' then from end of october the rush begins

[derek west]

i've just ordered 10,000 xmas crackers with "affordable carpet crackers" written on the side

they have a joke inside with my phone num,ber on it.

when they pull it a load of red wine drips out onto the carpet, jackpot.

[wynne jones]

Colin if people are asking, why do you need to ask?

January jobs, NICE!

[elliott cleaning]

i've just ordered 10,000 xmas crackers with "affordable carpet crackers" written on the side

they have a joke inside with my phone num,ber on it.

when they pull it a load of red wine drips out onto the carpet, jackpot.

  Your way ahead of the rest of the world, Derek.    Is this business really the right place for you

[Colin Day]

Colin if people are asking, why do you need to ask?

January jobs, NICE!

True, I'm on to it!!!

[wynne jones]

Make sure they cover only a certain travelling distance. 

[Colin Day]

Make sure they cover only a certain travelling distance. 

Oh bugger....

[DanielWelford]

Colin

I was just thinking about doing the same. Particularly good for oven cleaning I think.

Dan